The National tribune., 1887-12-01

| rs appallingi Tor see Gen. Keno report, on page
Sc Of Records:
lantly executed 10y the 2isi Mass, 5lst n. Y. and
9th n. J.
Lieut-Col Maggi says-see page 10l:
You came and said TO me, Charge and take III "
Col Ferrero ] have quoted before. So much
for their not being ordered 10 charge.
Col. Hawkins says, after quoting Official re-
ports:
shall now quote from such unofficial and i'm.
partial sources seem 10 me worthy OF credit ana
FIRST ia the list will be found extract from his
tory Of the 5lst Pa by Capt. Thomas ii. Parker,
/ who commanded Co of that regiment. In writ
/ ing of his own corps lac says. page q:
"While nearly on the flank OF the works, and
making efforts 10 get 10 the fort, distance
of about 1850 yards the 9th n. Y. charged In solid
! column mp the road into the fort capturing TIE
/ three guns and calssons. one of which was meNl-
can lspounder, another a Dahgren l2-ponnder,
aud the third one a Napoleon 2i-pounder all OF
which had been spiked with rat tail files"
This author was la "A good position for accurate
observation and only states exactly what he saw
Now. If Col III. has garbled this as he did the
Others, il will be hard 10 correct il. for have
not a copy of this work at hand; but II 1t Is
correct the author is not the most reliable eye
witness that ever was, for Lieut. ID. w. flagler,
u. ). Ordnance Department, reports-see page
81 of Records:
All of the guns excepting the three held-pieoes
in the inland battery had been spiked.
Now, If Capt Parker didn't know any more
about Hawkins's Zouaves than he did about
spiking guns, he didn't know much.
What funny ideas Col. Hawkins has. IL he
thinks that we believe him when he says Gen.
Parke in person hunted him up and waited for
him
TO WRITE his REPORT
Where were all Of Gen. Parke's staff and his
orderlies? IL this report did get TO Gen. Parke,
why did Gen. Parke suppress itY There's
something wrong here somewhere. see. by
reading carefully volume 3 of Records that
all of Col HIS reports didn't get suppressed,
although one of them got a very curious in
dorsement, put on by Gen. Reno lSee pages
3l3, $40, 81, same volume of Records
Now as 10 the "scare among the Zouaves
The scare occurred near the center Of the col
umn Of the 9th n. Y. as il was marching up the
road. IL did not include the two rght-hank
companies, for they were actually cut of sight
of the balance of the regiment. Col. ID. goes
into long account Of Cos u and Ii To prove
that the other companies did not fail back; but
he says:
What took place farther down the line know
not ar the last eight companies were too far OF Tor
| personal observation.
They were back of the strip Of woods he
speaks of. Maj. Kimbal was ordered by Gen.
Foster TO charge, and If the men had gone with
him it would have been better for them. Col.
ii. was out of sight when the idea occurred To
Gen. Foster, and so Foster ordered the Mayor
TO charge; but he couldn't take his men with
him at first, and when they did start all WAS
over. Col. d., speaking OF the stories starting
within three days of the fight detrimental to
the record las he puts it, OF the 9Th NY, says:
Mai. Kimbal was very much chagrincd at all
this, and j detailed him TO make u "A personal
matter" with as many OF the fathers of taise re-
ports rs he might induce TO vindic1te themselves
Tor making the statements lac pronounced uutruih-
fu. But Rs i never heard of any acute cases OF
vindlcalion, arrived at the conclusion That all di-
, ierences had been settled ia weil-known army
fashion without boodshed. These outside affairs
never gave me the slightest anxiety.
guess Maj. X. knew too much about the
truth Of the matter 10 make any stir about A.,
and all Of his anxiety TO get a copy Of the al
legged report Of Col. III. was TO be sure the ease
wasn't given away" With all of Maj. h Is
bravery he couldn't brave the truth, however,
for he never spoke of the trouble or disclaimed
the capture
THAT WASN'T A CAPTURE.
Col. ii. says Iieut.-C DE Monteil volun-
teered in the 9th n. Y. Gen. Foster page 81
says Lieut-Col. DE Monteil came to him and
! asked TO be allowed TO fight as private, and
: he gave him permission, aud he passed on IN
0 front 10 the position OF the 10th Coun; aud thls
5 long before the 9th n. Y. came on TO the field
! To Tecur 10 the charge made by the 2lst Mass
and 5lst n. Y. lover the narrow space toward
! the rebel battery" This charge was made mol
j said, but from our left lthe rebel right, and
these regiments were about 100 yards IRON the
s battery, while the 9Lh \. Y. was at least 800
= yards of down the road. Tins road was a
7 narrow corduroy, through marsh or swamp
Z and If Hawkns's LOuaVes charged up this road
IS as the Colonel says they did. they had To go al
la columns OF Tours. III they had gone over TINS
road during the action, is il not a little singular
o that only Is men should have been wounded
- las the Colonel says)-and there WAS a "a
e FOUNDER pointing directly down IT," com
= handing the road ehectually. IL there hac
d been any rebels working the guns behind tina
& battery when this famous,D charge occurred
g and they had handled their guns IN any KIND
81 Of shape, the man that led the charge
n the Colonel, too, probably with more than 10
/, would have been wounded or killed. did am
4 one ever hear OF a regiment in column of four
i charging up road 300 yards 10 a battery, tn
road commanded by 2a-pounder howItzeT
- and
- ONLY Is MEN GET WOUNDED?
e There wasn't rebel capable of moving il
le the battery when the 9th n. Y. started. Tn
e firing that broke them t9th n. " up, when il
=. attempted TO charge, was The last shots mad
by the enemy, for the redoubt had been fanket
- right and left at that time, and they were com
!, PEELED TO retreat thereby, aud didn't wait 10
- Hawkins's ZOuayes 10 even start for them.
Now let US see what " the other side" say
= about this charge, as claimed by Col. Hawkin,
/ have very carefully gone over everything
l. available, official aud unofficial, and rs We
ra have failed 10 find any mention of il by th
81 rebels and j believe that none Of the rebel
saw any Of Hawkins's Zonaves Feb. 6, lS6.
until the battle was over. On page l72, sam
~ volume OF Records from which / am quoting
,n Col. ii. Nj. Shaw, Sth n. c., commanding Tia
forces trebel) on the island, says:
il The moment the redoubt was nanked cor
nv sidercd the Island lost.
Id On page lS6, same volume, In the "Repoi
a Of The Investigating Committee, Confedcrat
d. House Of Representatives" arc these words:
When the enemy succeeded in deploying "A larg
ed force either side Of our line, thanking each win,
az the order then given 10y Col. Shaw to spk
the guns in The battery and 10 retreat.
ne give the following quotation from lette
Is 60 me, written june 8, 1856. by Il. J. Jaryi
lex Governor Of North Carolina, aud on Feb
"A 1862, at Roanoake Island, Lieutenant in q
en- b. 9Th n. c.:
d. ButMhcn saw you wRding through the swan
lac aud marsh right and our left we saw SOM
thing and learned something that was "A surps
or Ne had been time and again assured by The naty,
a | that the swamp and marsh was impossible Il
10 either man or beast, and all that had 10 Z
was 10 bold the redOubt across tie road. The for
lac the redOub was amply sufficient 10 hold il again
.th any assault. II tc nssatialfts forced 20
rk up the narrow causeway that felt confident ~
the only way open 10 the passage Of troops. VIII,
10 your troops had passed 10 our right aud 10 %
Iai left there nothing for us 10 do but TO retreat
~, also quote from letter written 10 me De
81, 1856, by J. M. Mhitson, who Feb. &, lSG
,- was CAPTAIN OF Co. ID, 9Th N. c., as follows: